Additional Information |
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Publication | December 1949 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
Notes | Cover photo from Republic Pictures' The Wild Frontier, a 1947 film. |
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Cover | The Sonset Feud! |
Credits | Pencils:? (photograph) | Inks:? (photograph) | Colors:? (photograph) | Letters:?; typeset |
Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Rocky Lane (photograph of Allan Lane); Art Dillard |
Notes | Cover photo from Republic Pictures' The Wild Frontier, a 1947 film. |
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Credits | Letters: typeset |
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Comic Story | The Sonset Feud (9.66 pages) |
Synopsis | Rocky gets in the middle of a clan feud. |
Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Rocky Lane; Black Jack (horse); Sonset clan; Karson clan |
Notes | The very lively horses are typical Carlson. |
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Illustration | Nyoka |
Featuring | Comix Cards |
Content | Genre: Jungle | Characters: Nyoka |
Notes | Two cards to cut out featuring Nyoka. |
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| "Rocky" Lane Bandana (1 page) |
Content | Characters: Rocky Lane |
Notes | Ad for a bandana from Carnation Malted milk. Includes comic strip at top. |
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Comic Story | Laughing Boy (1 page) |
Content | Genre: Humor; Western-frontier | Characters: Gopher Face |
Notes | Lit-Win ? credit suggested by Jerry Bails' Who's Who. |
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Advertisement | Ha-Ha-Ha-Halloween Party, Kids! (1 page) |
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Comic Story | Hill Billy Believes What He Hears (1 page) |
Content | Genre: Humor; Western-frontier | Characters: Hill Billy |
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Comic Story | The False Friendship (7 pages) |
Synopsis | Jobey receives notes threatening his life unless he turns over all the money he has hidden on his ranch. |
Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Rocky Lane; Black Jack (horse); Jobey |
Notes | Notes as for the first story. The horse with outstreched frontlegs in the first panel is a sure sign of Carlson. |
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Comic Story | A Friend in Need (1 page) |
Content | Genre: Humor; Western-frontier |
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Advertisement | Mycro-Spy Wrist Camera! (1 page) |
Notes | Sold by Helm-Craft. |
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Comic Story | The Non-Profit Bank Robbers (7 pages) |
Synopsis | Rocky rides right into a bank robbery when entering town and is wounded by a gunshot. |
Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Rocky Lane; Black Jack (horse); Ricker (banker); sheriff |
Notes | Frank Doyle's extremely unrealistic horses are not to be mistaken. |
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Content | Characters: Pud |
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Advertisement | Tom Mix Super-Magnetic Compass Gun |
Content | Characters: Tom Mix |
Notes | Ad for gun from Ralston. |
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Text Story | Kill the Nester (2 pages) |
Credits | Letters: typeset |
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Comic Story | Nothing Suits Him (4 pages) |
Content | Genre: Humor; Western-frontier | Characters: Slim Pickens |
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Letters Page | Roping 'n' Riding with Allan "Rocky" Lane (1 page) |
Credits | Script: Allan "Rocky" Lane (signed) |
Notes | Letter from Rocky Lane. |
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Comic Story | Blizzard Badmen's Bust-Up (8 pages) |
Synopsis | Rocky, as undercover Marshal, is in the Northwest Territory to protect the salmon fishermen. |
Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Rocky Lane; Black Jack (horse); Weathereye Ike; Mountie |
Notes | Last 1/8 of a page is offer to get an autographed picture.
Notes as for the first story by Carlson. |
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| Bud and Sis (1 page) |
Notes | Ad for selling Cloverine brand salve. With comic style strip starring Bud and Sis. |
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Comic Story | Bottle Neck (1 page) |
Content | Genre: Humor; Western-frontier | Characters: Sagebrush |
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Credits | Pencils:? (photograph) | Inks:? (photograph) | Letters: typeset |
Notes | Inside back cover. |
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Advertisement | Get a Daisy (1 page) |
Synopsis | Ad for a Red Ryder Cowboy Carbine. |
Credits | Letters: typeset |
Notes | On back cover of comic. |
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